She will fall into the city without a doubt.
The fate of everything is determined.
And the cycle of fate is already in my hands.
Yes, master.
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Hello? Big brother Kurou?
My cat disappeared again.
Mr. Daijuji! Your rent hasn't been paid for four months!
I dialed the wrong number! I'm sorry!
Hello! This is Daijuji Detective Agency!
This is Mr. Daijuji's office, correct?
I have a very important, high-paying job for you.
Hello! This is Daijuji!
So you are in.
And what is the job?
May I tell you the details when I meet you in person?
I will send a servant over.
A servant?
Please look outside.
Mr. Daijuji, please watch your step.
O-Of course.
Thank you for coming all the way out here.
Mr. Daijuji Kurou.
What kind of job could Arkham City's rulers, the Hadou Concern,
want an end of the line, jack of all trades for?
Regarding that, please inquire of the mistress in person.
Mistress?
This commission would surely be an appropriate job for you.
Mr. Daijuji Kurou.
I have not yet introduced myself.
My name is Hadou Ruri.
This is my butler, Winfield.
H-Hadou?
That means... You couldn't be?
And, what does this job consist of?
I would like you to find a grimoire.
A true grimoire, with power. One used by real sorcerers.
A grimoire?
Without exceptions, grimoires are collections of the knowledge of troublemakers.
There's not a worthwhile person who seeks out these books.
And there are shady operations that run a monopoly when it comes to these books.
If the Black Lodge is in the way, no matter how many lives I have, they won't be enough.
For that reason,
the payment will reflect the risk.
Won't you accept it, Mr. Daijuji?
Shall we start with the cost of the contract and expenses?
I accept!
I'm counting on you, Mr. Daijuji.
Leave it to me!
So I get this huge job and a pile of money as pay.
The world isn't so bad after all!
That's wonderful.
Isn't it?
But, Kurou...
What is it, Miss Leica?
You got a job, right?
Then why are you here, in this church, eating for free?
If you forced me, I would say it's a habit.
The habits of being broke just won't leave this body.
I see.
That's how it is.
Then why don't you pay the church back for all the food you've eaten?
I-I guess I could.
And if you could, it'd be wonderful if you'd make a donation to the church.
I guess I could.
Thank you, Kurou.
So I'll hang onto the rest of the money.
That's too much.
Kurou! What are you doing?
How long are you going to spend screwing around?
Eating for free again!
What?
No. Today's different!
Right, Miss Leica?
I wonder what he means, Allison.
What? I don't know what you mean.
Freeloader!
Big brother Kurou.
Why does it have to end like this?
Because you'd waste it all too quickly.
So if you need it, I'll give it to you.
But I need it now!
No way.
Tonight's dinner is going to be a feast thanks to Kurou?
Everyone thank him.
Yay!
Thank you, Kurou!
Have a safe trip.
I'm going.
Was it really alright to hire that person?
Mistress, even though he dropped out, Mr. Daijuji did attend Miskatonic University.
While there, he was in the secret division, meaning he studied mystic theory.
The secret division of the Miskatonic University does not reveal itself,
and their students never reveal themselves.
Even though the only one we have finally located is Mr. Daijuji,
I believe we will have to leave it to him.
Demonbane.
A way to fight the Black Lodge that grandfather left behind.
For it to work, we need that grimoire.
A grimoire with power.
I guess it was pointless to go looking in old bookstores and magic shops for a grimoire.
Now,
what do I do?
What?
Was there always a bookstore here?
It couldn't be.
This is...
You.
Are you looking for something, perhaps?
W-Well, yeah.
If you like, I'll help you find your book.
Do excuse me, I haven't greeted you properly yet.
I am the owner of this place and my name is... Well...
Call me Naia.
Please use me as you wish.
T-Thank you. I'm Daijuji Kurou.
And? What kind of book are you looking for?
What I'm looking for is just a bit special.
Like?
A grimoire with power?
How did you know that?
It's nothing unusual.
If you work in a bookstore for this long, you tend to know what the customers want.
Especially when it's humans looking for grimoires.
I'm not the one who needs it.
This grimoire just might be calling out to someone.
That's the Book of Logaeth!
It's real and true.
It contains an amazing power.
It's not strange that it has a soul or a will, don't you think?
Will you sell that grimoire to me?
That, I can't do.
This store doesn't have the kind of grimoire you need.
What do you mean?
There is a much more fitting grimoire for you.
You just haven't realized it yet.
You will obtain it in the near future.
A grimoire with superb power.
The ultimate grimoire that can summon even God.
I can't wait.
What kind of grimoire will you obtain?
Maybe... it just may be that Necronomicon.
She says all that, but won't sell anything to me.
Out of the way!
Move it!
I said move it!
You fool!
W-Why did you space out?
Fool, fool! You great fool!
There's no one who could have anticipated a human falling from the sky.
Black Lodge?
Why?
Whose fault do you think it is that they caught up?
Wait!
I have nothing to do with this!
I said...
Wait!
W-Why am I still alive?
Magic?
Blow away!
Low-lifes!
I wasted too much power.
A-Amazing.
Hey! Are you all right?
Without a sorcerer...
Hey!
W-What is this girl?
What the hell is going on?
Hey there, young man.
Peacefully hand over that girl.
Who might you be?
Wha-Wha-What!?
You haven't heard of that great genius who appears only once in a billion years, Doctor West?
What ignorance!
Ignorance is a crime! Ignorance is a tragedy!
W-Well...
If you insist on getting in my way,
you shall fuel my career in the Black Lodge with your death!
For a more-better world!
By your death, I will have matured just a little.
Farewell my youth, oh fleeting love of the spring.
Okay!
I'm Rock 'n' Roll!
Let's play!
What the hell is that?
Fire!
Hey!
I won't let you get away.
It is all for the glory of the Black Lodge!
And for the scientific career of Doctor West!
You're awake.
Why did you save me?
I don't have anything to do with this, but I couldn't leave you on your own.
I see. Thank you.
Well,
are you sure you don't have to go to the hospital?
I'm fine.
And I don't want to trouble you.
W-What?
You have the scent of dark shadows.
Are you a sorcerer?
I studied it for a little while.
How about you?
I see. You are not a sorcerer.
That means he does not yet have a book.
Very good. He seems to have great potential.
This is very good.
Though I feel like I'm being manipulated when the coincidences are this good.
Excuse me? Though I feel like I'm being manipulated when the coincidences are this good.
Hello?
You may have thought that you'd hidden cleverly.
But it is impossible to deceive the eyes of the great genius, Doctor West!
Taste your tears, flavored with a mix of stupidity and regret, and then peacefully surrender!
Damn it. He's got a good nose for a pervert.
Human!
What is your name?
Answer me, human!
Names are important!
There's no time for this!
As long as we retrieve the book, all is well.
Kill them!
Answer me, human!
Kurou! It's Daijuji Kurou!
I'm not a sorcerer. Nor am I a hero of justice!
I'm just a detective!
There's nothing I can do in this situation!
If that is so, Daijuji Kurou, I make this pact with thee.
Daijuji Kurou, carve my name into thy heart.
My name is Al Azif, created by Abdul Alhazred. I am the world's ultimate grimoire!
What is this light?
I-Impossible!
Al Azif chose that man as its master!
T-This is...
Where is she?
Right here! Here!
The pact has been completed safely.
You sure got smaller.
Yes, but your mystic powers have explosively increased!
You, who have been chosen by me,
the grimoire Al Azif, have become a sorcerer: Magius!
Now, fight alongside me!
Don't decide without asking me first!
More important than that, here they come!
How about this?
What!?
You dropped something, have it back!
What amazing power.
Not bad for your first attempt.
Our mystic powers must be resonating.
You said you were Al Azif.
What about it?
They say that Al Azif is the original of the grimoire, "Necronomicon".
So you knew.
You are a grimoire, so the Black Lodge was after you.
Exactly.
But what's with that appearance?
A grimoire as powerful as I am has a soul that can create its own shape.
Well, it's a bit much to have everything explained just like that.
Anyway, you have made a pact with me.
I look forward to working with you, Daijuji Kurou.
Look forward to? What do you mean by that?
Exactly what I said.
Why did this happen?
Destiny.
Don't wrap it up with one little word!
What's that?
It's Doctor West!
Behold! This is my true power!
You said you were Daijuji Kurou!
I'll return humiliation I received twofold,
and with change to spare!
Let's go!
I-I'm flying!
I'm flying, Al!
But that's basic.
You are the ultimate sorcerer, Magius!
W-What's that?
Daijuji Kurou and Al Azif!
Do you see?
This is my ultimate creation, Super West Invincible Robot No. 28!
Big Sister Leica!
It's all right, everyone.
W-What will we do?
Calm down, let's go to the shelter.
I'm going to be with you.
I'll protect all of you, so it's all right.
Okay.
Disappear!
That pervert is destroying everything!
Hey, self-proclaimed ultimate grimoire, isn't there something we can do?
If we had the Deus Machina, Æon, this scrap pile wouldn't be...
What? Are you there, Æon?
No, it's not Æon.
But this feeling...
We're going down, Kurou.
There's no mistake.
It's a Deus Machina.
Finding a replacement sorcerer and a Deus at the same time...
It's as if someone is altering my destiny.
But let us follow that destiny to escape this situation.
Kurou, we're going to summon the Deus Machina!
What are you saying?
What is this "Deus Machina"?
What you, in this world, would call a god.
What? God?
Messenger of the moon.
Weaver of the moon.
The roar of the beast.
Beyond death, the mother of all things.
In the name of Al Azif, I ask.
An armor of steel.
A god wrapped in steel.
A man-made god.
A machine god.
What art thou?
Demonbane?
It is a good name. I like it.
Then, Demonbane,
in the name of Al Azif, I summon thee.
Is it true that a Black Lodge robot has appeared?
Mistress!
Call me "commander" here.
Y-Yes!
Commander, there's something wrong! Demonbane has...
What's wrong with Demonbane?
...has started to move!
What was that?
Please stop the mystic power generator.
I have already tried, but it's not stopping!
That's impossible.
Where is that electricity coming from?
From Demonbane itself.
An immeasurable amount of highly concentrated energy is being stored up in the mystic power generator.
N-No way...
Demonbane cannot move without a grimoire.
Who is doing this? How?
Commander!
Demonbane is fully activated!
Demonbane is going to move.
Grandfather's Demonbane.
Demonbane is moving towards the Imaginary Unit Unfolding Catapult.
The mystic power generator and transformers are fully active.
0 2 until critical point.
0 1...
Neutralizing final safety device!
The Imaginary Unit Unfolding Catapult is activating!
What is that?
W-What is that?
That is the Deus Machina!
Its name is Demonbane!
Demonbane.
The piled-up assortment of time is maturing kasaneta irodori toki wa michite
The lightly falling bits of darkness flit about laughing as moonbeams sazameku yamitachi tsukikage maiwarau
The deeply connected threads of bonds fukaku tsunaida kizuna no ito
Taking root in the vast earth, they resemble budding flowers daichi ni nezuite mebuku hana ni nite
Cross over time - we've begun to meet by chance toki wo koe deatta hajimari
We're guided by and believe in that which is raised towards the light michibikarete shinjiru hikari sasu hou e...
Cross over night - we've begun to protect yoru wo koe mamotta hajimari
Fate bloomed in our hearts mune ni saita unmei
Is a hero a hero when they are born?
Or are they one who walks a bloody path with an iron will?
Next time, EVIL SHINE.
Daijuji Kurou, which path will you take?